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LibraryThe Rulebook: The Definitive Quick Reference Guide for New York Criminal Law Practitioners (2020 Ed.)

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Testimony as to Origin: The rule set forth in People v Grutz (212 NY 72, 82 [1914]) prohibiting testimony whether a fire was intentionally set was revisited in People v Rivers (18 NY3d 222 [2011]). This excerpt from Rivers (18 NY3d 222) is instructive:

"New York has a well-established body of case law concerning the admissibility and limits of expert testimony, that should be brought to bear in deciding what an arson expert may tell the jury in a particular case. 'The guiding principle is that
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